Grade-8 Maneesha Group Aloysius College Anuradhapra 03.05.2020 Grammar Test and Essay Writing

‘be’  verbs: am/is/are/was/were/will be

Present Tense	Past Tense	Future Tense
I am busy now.	I was busy yesterday.	I will be busy tomorrow.
He/She/It is busy now.	He/She/It was busy yesterday.	He/She/It will be busy tomorrow.
We/You/They are busy now.	We/You/They were busy yesterday.	We/You/They will be   busy tomorrow.

 Activity-1    Fill in the blanks using ‘be’ verbs.

1.     The dogs ------------ (be) angry last night.

2.     My sister ---------------- (be) in London next year.

3.     My father and mother ------------ (be) at home now.

4.     There --------- (be) a school in our village now.

5.     There --------- (be) no school in our village ten years ago.

6.     Ravi and Viraj ----------- (be) absent last week.

7.     You and I ------------- (be) busy now.

8.     My family ------------- (be) in Kandy next week.

9.     I ----------- (be) late last Friday.

10.                        Sri Lanka ---------- (be) an island.

Present Tense	Past Tense	Future Tense
now	Yesterday/last week/      in 2010	Tomorrow/next week/    in 2050

Activity-2

Write and essay on My Village.